Magazine springs

[Lockednloaded]

I need a spring for a PB magazine that is very very weak, but still has an OD close to .68. I've seen that as OD goes up this high, springs become far too strong. I suppose I could make my own with some music wire, but I have no idea how. Any ideas or sources for weaker springs?

[Crna Legija]

i made a spring for my semi(coming soon) with ordinary wire(0.7mm) and a pipe in a drill, just spin and move your hand slowly forward, its very week but still can push 30 marbles.

[JDP12]

I've heard heating music wire, forming it, and then cooling it works extremely well.

[JDP12]

dammit... SF posted my post twice... mod please delete.

[jackssmirkingrevenge]

I suppose I could make my own with some music wire, but I have no idea how. I suppose I will check outthis link and find out

[Lockednloaded]

thanks for the tips, I'm going to be going with .026" Dia wire.

If I have to heat the wire to form it, how hot will it need to be; glowing red, or just hot to the touch? I have a small butane torch I suppose I could use
:EDIT:
just figured out the springs are to be heated post-coiling, that makes things much simpler

[JDP12]

awesome link, thanks for that!

[irisher]

You might try ACE, in my area they have a decent spring selection that have been suitable for creating my magazines.

[ramses]

from a physics standpoint, the larger the diameter of the coils, the weaker the spring.